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sleyed

sleyed is the simple past and past participle of sley.

Meaning of sley

Verb

sley (third-person singular simple present sleys, present participle sleying, simple past and past participle sleyed)

  1. (transitive) To separate or part warp threads and arrange them in a reed.
    • Centering for a weaving width of 15 7/15", sley 2 ends per dent in a 15-dent reed, or centering for a width of 15 5/10", sley 3 ends per dent in a 10-dent reed.2026, Shelby Moravec, “Flight of the Dragonflies Scarf”, in Handwoven, volume XLVII, number 1, page 28
    Synonyms:
    sleid

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Questions about sleyed

What is sleyed the simple past and past participle of?
Sleyed is the simple past and past participle of sley.

Words near sleyed in the dictionary

  1. slewing
  2. slewrate
  3. slews
  4. SLEX
  5. sley
  6. sleyed
  7. sleying
  8. sleys
  9. Slezak
  10. Slezaks
  11. SLF

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